Book chapter
The uneven distribution of child sexual abuse
Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management, pp.375-390
Elsevier Inc.
2020
Abstract
Child sexual abuse is a serious public health concern, with harmful effects on children empirically linked to impaired mental and physical health and behaviour. Prevalence research confirms the problem has global dimensions. This research also reveals an uneven distribution at both global and local levels, with concentrations of child sexual abuse in some country, community, neighbourhood, and organisational settings, but not in others. Understanding reasons for this uneven distribution, however, has received limited attention in research, policy, or practice. This uneven distribution, therefore, warrants further investigation and an exploration of the implications for advancing prevention science in this field of practice.
Details
- Title
- The uneven distribution of child sexual abuse
- Authors
- Susan Rayment-McHugh (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Contributors
- India Bryce (Editor) - University of Southern QueenslandWayne Petherick (Editor) - Bond University
- Publication details
- Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management, pp.375-390
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-12-819434-8.00018-0; 10.1016/C2018-0-04491-6
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99470008102621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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